1. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    is usually not possible and the origin of the wood is often unclear. The suspicion: Many come from illegal logging... * EU states | Hungary | Orbán “bribe money” scandal Orbán makes approval of Ukraine aid dependent on the release of all EU funds for Hungary In order to make aid payments to Ukraine, the 27 EU states must reach a consensus decision. But Hungary is standing in the way. Although...

  2. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Where Putin and Biden agree Russian environmentalist says: Moscow and Washington are pushing nuclear energy together at COP28. Why? And what about environmental crimes in Ukraine? Guest post. [...] Amy Goodman: Why do you think the United States is promoting nuclear power now? Vladimir Slivjak: It's about money for the Western nuclear industry. Because investors have been stuck for a long time...

  3. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    is adhered to. "But science tells us very clearly: We have to hurry up - despite all the geopolitical tensions," he said, referring to the wars in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine. Climate change remains “the great, global challenge of our time,” emphasized Scholz. But there are already all the necessary means to meet this challenge. "The technologies...

  4. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    everything: "Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales." The conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond may cause untold and unconscionable human suffering, but they also increase the profits of weapons manufacturers around the world. There was a time when such...

  5. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    State money... * Turning point | Defense spending | Two percent target Scholz wants to achieve NATO's two percent target next year. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been talking about the “turning point” ever since the Ukraine war. Now he is getting specific and is talking about significantly higher defense spending in the double-digit billion range. Is this the “turning point” that everyone is always talking about...

  6. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    Uranium is a dual-use good whose export to Russia violates EU rules. Business is being done with Rosatom - the Russian state-owned company is actively involved in the war against Ukraine and is working on the development of weapons that also threaten Europe. This violates EU regulations, according to environmentalists. The company, which belongs to the French Framatome group...

  7. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    should be a warning signal. In the past, the threat of Armageddon was taken more seriously. Rightly so. A guest post. The weakening of nuclear weapons treaties, particularly in the context of the war in Ukraine, highlights a disturbing trend not seen in generations: Washington and Moscow are now one step away from direct conflict. The Doomsday Clock...

  8. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    When the law comes into force at the beginning of 2024, actors will have to specifically explain which laws or decisions their attempts to influence are aimed at... * United States | Ukraine | Europe Perfect Storm: Do we want to sacrifice the health of Western Europe for the sake of Ukraine? The USA is risking the stability of its allies in Europe. Germany is at the center. What kind of...

  9. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    | Rosatom German cooperation with Rosatom: Radioactively contaminated The operator of the fuel element factory in Lingen cooperates with Russia's nuclear industry. They are also involved in bomb making and the war in Ukraine. MÖNCHENGLADBACH taz | Russia's nuclear industry is now also present in the production of fuel elements in Germany. This is reported by the Umweltfairaendern.de portal, citing...

  10. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    October 1 Russia | AfD | multipolar Bensmann on the AfD and Russia "They do it out of conviction" Little has changed in the close connection between the AfD and Russia after the war of aggression in Ukraine. AfD MPs continue to travel to Moscow and Putin fans are sitting in the party's Bundestag offices. Marcus Bensmann from the research network...

  11. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    Russia, France or England have a veto right, this so-called Security Council remains ineffective. The US vetoed the Iraq war, Russia ignored the UN over the war in Ukraine, and China did the same with its threat of war against Taiwan. There is still no global authority to ensure order between the numerous states and governments. The...

  12. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    the recommendations said. On the other hand, companies must ensure that there are no human rights violations at the edge of their supply chains. *Ukraine | Uranium ammunition Contaminated war: Will Ukrainians be left alone with toxic uranium ammunition? USA also wants to supply DU projectiles to Kiev. A destroyed British tank with uranium ammunition shows that...

  13. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    For the almost 100-page report, the ECB analyzed what effects different speeds of transformation could have on the economy in the euro area... * Ukraine | Uranium ammunition | United States Ukraine escalation: After cluster bombs, now also uranium ammunition from the USA Washington wants to deliver projectiles with depleted uranium. Russia threatens to do the same...

  14. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    The SPD spoke out against it, but the Union and FDP also considered it unenforceable because of the protests - hence the restrictive law of 2012. The wind has now changed... * Ukraine | Peace exit strategy for Ukraine: "Achieving a just and lasting negotiated peace" Self-defense and peace are not a contradiction, say prominent authors of an appeal...

  15. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    dropped. Although he pushed the piece away, he received a fatal dose of radiation in the incident and died on September 15, 1945.... List of accidents at nuclear facilities August 20 Ukraine War | IPPNW | ceasefire | Peace negotiations Ukraine war: IPPNW calls for ceasefire to prevent escalation "Taurus" cruise missiles for Ukraine: The risk that the...

  16. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    served. According to current status, the work there will last until 2028... * Pacifism | war | Militarism "Pacifism is not a crime": That's what the protest in front of the Ukrainian embassy is about. Ukrainian Yurii Sheliazhenko is on trial: He rejects dying on both sides. But what alternatives are there to the military fight against the occupation? Pacifist organizations...

  17. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    You always with your conspiracy theories!" * Anyone who speaks the truth is accused of lying and insulted by the horror clowns. Information war | In Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, the reigning rulers have successfully made the subject of Chernobyl a taboo. Stories about the place and The events are no longer told and even the names of the victims speak...

  18. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    for a new factory for the armaments company Rheinmetall. The company wants to produce F-35 fighter jet parts there. Criticism has hardly been heard so far. Almost a year and a half after the start of the war in Ukraine, a German arms company is investing in a new factory for the first time in order to process an order from the Bundeswehr's 100 billion euro special fund. It's planned...

  19. 1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events

    | NAMS 8) Akw Tschernobyl, UdSSR Es wurden etwa 5,2 Millionen TBq an radioaktiver Strahlung freigesetzt. (Kosten ca. 260000 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Die Nukleare Kette Tschernobyl, Ukraine Super-GAU in einem Atomkraftwerk Die Kernschmelze von Tschernobyl im April 1986 stellt den mit Abstand größten Unfall in der Geschichte der zivilen Atomwirtschaft dar. Ganze Landstriche wurden...

  20. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Krško) im ukrainischen KKW Riwne/Rowno. Diesmal berichteten die Medien nur sehr spärlich bzw. gar nicht darüber. Das Kraftwerk wurde vorübergehend vom Netz genommen... AtomkraftwerkePlag Riwne_(Ukraine) 6. Juni 2008 (INES 1) Akw Philippsburg, DEU Wikipedia de Liste von Ereignissen Laut dem baden-württembergischen Umweltministerium wurde in der Nacht zum Freitag den 6. Juni 2008 im...

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